Species profile—Rheobatrachus silus (southern gastric brooding frog)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs) → Rheobatrachus silus (southern gastric brooding frog)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Amphibia (amphibians)
- Family
- Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs)
- Scientific name
- Rheobatrachus silus Liem, 1973
- Common name
- southern gastric brooding frog
- Type reference
- Liem, D.S. (1973). A new genus of frog of the family Leptodactylidae from SE. Queensland, Australia. Mem, Qd. Mus. 16: 459-470 [467].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 648
- Alternate name(s)
- southern platypusfrog
platypus frog
gastric-brooding frog - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Extinct in the wild
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Extinct
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=648.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
